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Capacity & Competence

Etchells E, Darzins P, Silberfeld M, Singer PA, McKenny J, Naglie G, Katz M, Guyatt GH, Molloy DW, Strang D. Assessment of patient capacity to consent to treatment. Journal of general internal medicine. 1999 Jan 1;14(1):27-34.
Falk E, Hoffman N. The role of capacity assessments in elder abuse investigations and guardianships. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 2014 Nov 30;30(4):851-68.
Palmer BW, Harmell AL. Assessment of healthcare decision-making capacity. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2016 Aug 30;31(6):530-40.